Star Diary

A Kind Soul

The other day I was walking to a nearby park for my morning exercise. Since it was early in the morning, the street was quite vacant allowing the vehicles move at their top speed. Suddenly I noticed a kitten started walking in the middle of the street and a car was coming from the opposite direction at full speed. Even before I got the time to close my eyes to avoid the scene. Luckily the car was able to stop at the last minute and the kitten was saved. What I found more interesting was there was a little boy cycling nearby who dropped his cycle and run to the middle of the road to save the kitten. He picked the poor kitten from the road at once and took it to its rest of the family. I was really moved by his kindness.
Rebeka Ali
Uttara, Dhaka

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The Wordsmith

Humayun Ahmed has always been one of my favourite writers. This year on his birthday, my husband surprised me with a collection of his books. His gift reminded me of the first book that I bought of this celebrated writer when I was 16. Before that I used to hate reading while my best friend was a bookworm. My friend's challenge was to convert a non-reader like me into a literature lover, so she gave me a book called botol bhoot to read. The book she lent me was very interesting and I wanted to buy some more after finishing that. So I went to a bookstore and buy two more books with my salami that I earned during Eid.  Since then I have spent years honing my list of favourite Humayun Ahmed books that even people who don't like reading will enjoy.
Zohora Parveen
Azimpur, Dhaka